Parapocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1874:299, 327 Masc. Apocryptes macrolepis Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Parapocrytes by Jordan 1923:225 [ref. 2421]. •Valid as Parapocryptes Bleeker 1874 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Murdy 1989:22 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:293 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:491 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:14 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:389 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parapocryptes Bleeker 1874. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.